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MINUTES
Tuesday, October 11, 2022, 5:30 PM
Salem High School in the Commons (Cafeteria) Area, 400 Spartan Drive, Salem, Virginia 24153
1. Call to Order
A joint special meeting of the Council of the City of Salem, Virginia, along with the City of Salem School Board was held at Salem High School, 400 Spartan Drive, Salem, Virginia, on October 11, 2022, at 5:30 p.m., there being present the following members of said Council, to wit: Renée Ferris Turk, Mayor; James W. Wallace, III, Vice-Mayor; Council members: Byron Randolph Foley (absent), William D. Jones, and John Saunders; James E. Taliaferro, II, City Manager; H. Robert Light, Assistant City Manager and Clerk of Council; Rosemarie B. Jordan, Director of Finance; and Crystal Williams, Assistant to the City Manager. Also present were: Dr. Curtis Hicks, Superintendent; Dr. Forest Jones, Director of Administrative Services; Mandy Hall, Director of Business Services; Scott Habeeb, Principal of Salem High School; and Susan Young, Clerk of the Board and Executive Secretary. School Board Members present were: David Preston, Teresa Sizemore-Hernandez, Artice M. Ledbetter, Nancy Bradley, and Andy Raines; and the following business was transacted;
Mayor Turk reported that this date, place, and time had been set for the Council to
hold a Joint Special meeting; Mayor Turk called the Council meeting to order, and
WHEREAS, David Preston, Chair of the Salem School Board, called the School Board meeting to order; and
2. New Business
A. Tour
The Council of the City of Salem will hold a joint meeting with the City of
Salem School Board to tour the renovation at Salem High School
WHEREAS, the members of City Council and City Staff and the members of the
Salem City School Board and School staff toured the Salem High School facility;
and
3. Adjournment
There being no further business, Mr. Preston and Mayor Turk adjourned the meeting
at 6:45 p.m.